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= Improving How We Use and Account for Energy in Humanitarian Operations = | = Improving How We Use and Account for Energy in Humanitarian Operations = | ||
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− | This toolkit from the [[ | + | This toolkit from the [[The Moving Energy Initiative|Moving Energy Initiative]] offers practical guidance for humanitarian agencies that want to make energy cost savings and reduce their carbon and emissions footprint.<br/> |
− | Powering Ahead: Improving How We Use and Account for Energy in Humanitarian Operations is a toolkit that is designed to accompany the research paper '[[Publication_- | + | Powering Ahead: Improving How We Use and Account for Energy in Humanitarian Operations is a toolkit that is designed to accompany the research paper '[[Publication_-_The_Costs_of_Fuelling_Humanitarian_Aid|The Costs of Fuelling Humanitarian Aid]]' which provides insight into energy use in the humanitarian sector and demonstrates the case for change. It reveals the sector’s high dependence on diesel fuel and explores multiple areas in which efficiency improvements, changes in agency practices or investment in renewable energy would generate significant cost savings.<br/> |
The sector could save at least 10 per cent of fuel costs on ground transport, 37 per cent through behaviour change and more efficient technologies and 60 per cent on generation – all using currently available, affordable and proven practices and technology changes. At current prices, this could mean operational savings of over $517 million a year for the humanitarian sector – roughly equal to 5 per cent of UNHCR’s funding gap for 2017.<br/> | The sector could save at least 10 per cent of fuel costs on ground transport, 37 per cent through behaviour change and more efficient technologies and 60 per cent on generation – all using currently available, affordable and proven practices and technology changes. At current prices, this could mean operational savings of over $517 million a year for the humanitarian sector – roughly equal to 5 per cent of UNHCR’s funding gap for 2017.<br/> | ||
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= Who Might Use this Toolkit? = | = Who Might Use this Toolkit? = | ||
− | This toolkit is a practical guide for humanitarian agencies that want to make energy cost savings and reduce their carbon and emissions footprint. It is part of a series of published outputs examining how energy is used in humanitarian settings. It is designed to accompany our research paper, The [[ | + | This toolkit is a practical guide for humanitarian agencies that want to make energy cost savings and reduce their carbon and emissions footprint. It is part of a series of published outputs examining how energy is used in humanitarian settings. It is designed to accompany our research paper, The [[Publication - The Costs of Fueling Humanitarian Aid|Costs of Fuelling Humanitarian Aid]], which provides insight into energy use in the humanitarian sector and demonstrates the case for change.<br/> |
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Revision as of 09:54, 13 December 2018
Text by Glada Lahn and Owen Grafham